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Round 1
Neil Hall is the referee for this flyweight bout. Gomez works some
leg kicks, staying outside the punching range of Harris, who looks
to throw over the top. The kicks are working and Harris’ leg
buckles early, but about a minute into the round, Gomez catches the
Brit in the cup. Harris recovers, Gomez gets a warning and they
resume with 3:30 left in the round. Harris times a kick and takes
Gomez to the ground, but quickly lets him back up. After absorbing
a few more, Harris tries a low kick of his own. He catches another
Gomez kick, can’t turn it into anything. Harris grazes Gomez with a
counter, lands a short low kick inside. Now Harris goes down the
middle with a right hand and another low kick comes behind it.
Gomez gets inside on a shot but can’t bring Harris down and
finishes clinching on the fence.

Round 2
More leg kicks from Gomez to open up round two, but now Harris is
starting to find his counter. Harris sticks “Useless” with a jab
and an inside leg kick, though Gomez’s kicks to the outside are
coming back harder. Harris has the counter-minded Gomez moving
backward, mixing up punches to the body and head. When Gomez comes
in for a takedown attempt, Harris shuts him down, backs him off and
feeds him another couple hooks. Through this all, Gomez is chipping
away at the lead leg of Harris with outside leg kicks. Gomez leaps
in with a knee that draws a nod from Harris. Gomez finishes the
round slapping Harris with another couple leg kicks.

Round 3
Gomez is kept at the end of Harris’ punches for the opening minute,
then tries to come in for a clinch. Harris shoves him away, lands a
hook and a leg kick, and now Gomez is sporting a small cut under
his right eye. Harris catches a leg kick and tries to chase Gomez
down, can’t make anything of it. A straight shot from Harris draws
a small cheer from the crowd; Gomez answers back with more kicks.
Harris digs a right hand to the body and backs out of the way of a
leg kick. Gomez trying to get in behind a jab, tries a kick and
gets knocked to the ground off-balance. Harris catches a kick and
stings Gomez with a counter. Down to the final 20 seconds and
Harris throws a hook to the body. Gomez tries one last leaping knee
just before the horn.

Round 1
Leon Roberts is the referee for this bantamweight bout. The
southpaws are off to a tentative start, just exchanging leg kicks
in the early going. Tezuka gets inside to clinch and takes a sharp
knee to the body from Lee, who defends a takedown on the fence with
a whizzer. They break and Tezuka slaps to the outside with a leg
kick. Lee comes forward and pops Tezuka with a right hand before
the Japanese fighter grabs a single-leg. He loses the shot and
instead pushes Lee against the cage. Not much coming from Tezuka,
while Lee is at least offering some offense to the body while he
defends the takedown. They’re split up and Tezuka instantly goes
for another takedown, finishing the round holding Lee on the
cage.

Round 2
Tezuka shoots again, can’t get it and instead tries to pull guard.
It seems like a bad idea, as he nearly pulls Lee straight into full
mount, but Tezuka gets out of the precarious position by rolling
for a leglock. Lee extracts his leg and tries to hold Tezuka at the
base of the fence. Tezuka drives forward on a leg and finishes the
takedown, can’t do much with the position. Lee gets back to his
feet, then gets off the fence. Tezuka is soon back inside, working
on another single-leg against the cage. Lee peppers with short
punches to the body and Tezuka pulls guard just before the horn,
trying for another leglock.

Round 3
It’s not long before Tezuka is shooting again, holding Lee against
the fence and trying to drag the Englishman down. It doesn’t work,
as Lee threatens with knees until he’s able to escape. This doesn’t
deter Tezuka, who immediately comes back and reattaches himself to
Lee on the cage. Referee Roberts splits them up with about two
minutes remaining in the round... and this lasts a few seconds
before Tezuka gets an underhook and pushes Lee against the fence.
Lee shoves Tezuka off and comes forward with a right hook, but
Tezuka changes levels, grabs hold of Lee’s left leg and rushes him
to the cage again. Lee keeps busy to the horn, peppering Tezuka
with punches to the body and one last knee before time expires.

Round 1
Kevin Mulhall is the referee for this middleweight bout. Watson is
quick to push Nedkov against a cage post with an underhook, working
some knees up the middle which the Bulgarian is forced to defend.
Watson cracks him with a good elbow over the top and then goes back
to knees from the clinch. Nedkov swings wildly, trying to get off
the cage, but Watson just steps out and walks right back in to
deliver more knees. They break momentarily until Watson steps back
in with another knee, grabs the Thai plum and knees Nedkov’s body
again. Nedkov backs him off with an uppercut and a left hand.
Nedkov walks him down and rips a shot to the body. Watson is dazed
and Nedkov drops him to the ground, where he starts pounding away
with hammerfists. Watson is barely hanging on as ref Mulhall hovers
nearby for the final seconds of the round. What a turnaround from
Nedkov in the closing 30 seconds.

Round 2
Nedkov cracks Watson with a big right hand, then comes forward to
keep the pressure on “Kong.” The Bulgarian hits a takedown at the
base of the fence and works to hold Watson down in between punches.
Watson uses the fence at his back to work up to his feet and turn
Nedkov around against the fence. Watson works some hard knees to
the body before Nedkov turns him around and takes him down again.
Watson pops back up quickly and lands a few hooks to the body
before grabbing the clinch and going back to his knees. Nedkov
tries to change levels and gets denied this time. Watson keeps him
on the cage and drills him with knees up the middle as the partisan
crowd starts to rev up. Nedkov is just eating shot after shot,
knees, elbows and punches from Watson against the fence. A
four-punch combo and a knee to the body finally combine to put
Nedkov on the floor, and referee Mulhall steps in to rescue the
Bulgarian. Tom “Kong” Watson gets the TKO win at 4:42 of round
two.

Round 1
Marc Goddard is the referee for this featherweight fight. Grispi
comes right forward on Ogle and cracks the Englishman with a right
hand. He drags Ogle to the ground and works to secure the back,
then switches to an omoplata and a triangle attempt. Ogle stacks
Grispi, preventing him from fully cinching the triangle while also
thumping the American with some hard punches. Midway through the
round, Grispi is still trying to close up the triangle, but he
loses it as Ogle socks him with more left hands to the face. One
minute left in the opening round and Ogle works from Grispi’s
closed guard while Grispi leans to the side and tries to control an
arm.

Round 2
Grispi tries to take Ogle down but again winds up underneath the
Englishman, who quickly works to secure his man’s back. With one
hook in, Ogle waits for Grispi and thuds with hard punches to the
head and body. Ogle momentarily gets his second hook in, then loses
it and turns Grispi over, setting up in half-guard on Grispi’s
right side. Grispi tries to stand and Ogle climbs on his back with
one hook in. Grispi puts his head on the ground, trying to shake
off Ogle, who’s riding pretty high on the back. He’s unable to
ditch the “Little Axe” and finishes the round with Ogle still
hanging off his back.

Round 3
Ogle lands a liver kick and Grispi is hurt, moving backward toward
the fence. Ogle closes in on him and Grispi tries a guillotine as
they go to the ground, one which Ogle is quick to pop out of. Now
working from Grispi’s closed guard, Ogle works some short punches
and shoulder strikes on the ground. Grispi bucks and squirms
underneath, trying to get out or throw up his legs, to no avail.
Ogle is heavy on top, denying sub attempts and grinding the
American down with brutish ground-and-pound. Grispi escapes to his
feet inside the last minute but is immediately taken back down,
where Ogle holds him to the final horn.

Round 1
Neil Hall is the referee for this lightweight bout. Sass gets
Castillo ducking with a right hand. When Castillo goes to take him
down, Sass leaps guard with a flying triangle attempt and tries to
wrap up the still-standing Team Alpha Male fighter. Castillo slams
him violently to the ground, and it does enough to break up the
triangle attempt. Sass rolls underneath for a leg, can’t get it and
winds up underneath Castillo, who cracks Sass with some hard, short
punches from half-guard. Sass regains full guard and starts looking
for another triangle. Castillo gets free of that and Sass goes for
a heel hook instead. Sass tries to drive forward on it and hit a
takedown of his own, but Castillo sprawls well and puts Sass back
down at the base of the fence. Castillo stands up, lands a few
punches and quickly has to defend another heel hook attempt. The
sequence repeats, but this time Castillo stands on top for a moment
and continues throwing punches. The heel hook looks deep as Sass
goes for a second attempt; Castillo isn’t concerned and continues
rolling until he escapes. Back in Sass’ guard, Castillo drops heavy
elbows, then has to defend against another heel hook before the
round ends.

Round 2
Castillo ducks looping punch from Sass and takes him down at the
base of the fence. Heavy elbows and punches come from the top as
Castillo fends off an armbar attempt and keeps the slowing Sass
pinned down. Halfway through the round, ref Hall issues a stand-up
order. They’re only vertical for a few seconds before Castillo
times a sloppy Sass punch and plows him back to the ground. Sass
isn’t trying for heel hooks underneath anymore and is looking
increasingly helpless to escape the heavy pressure from Castillo on
top. Castillo postures up and finishes with a strong barrage of
hammerfists before the horn.

Round 3
Sass backs Castillo away with a spinning kick to the body. Castillo
misses a big right hand and Sass replies with a couple inside leg
kicks. When Sass comes forward swinging, Castillo is waiting and
hits another takedown with 3:30 left in the fight. Sass tries to
control the wrists, maybe looking for a last-ditch triangle
attempt, but Castillo breaks him up with elbows from guard. Sass
uses butterfly guard to create some space, still holding on to
Castillo’s wrists, and tries to creep up with a triangle. Castillo
snuffs it out and moves to north-south position with 90 seconds
left in the round. Side control for Castillo now, leaning from
Sass’ right to left in the middle of the cage. There’s good control
from Castillo on the ground and he’s able to keep Sass there to the
end of the fight.

Round 1
Marc Goddard is the referee for this lightweight fight. Forte
rushes right at Etim with a wild right hand, but the English
fighter is able to reset and work some leg kicks on the outside.
Forte gets in on Etim and pushes him against the fence. Etim
stifles the Brazilian’s takedown attempt by controlling the wrists
until he can break away. Ninety seconds left and this round is
still up for grabs as Forte catches a kick and tries to chase Etim
down. Etim puts Forte on the fence and Forte turns it around,
exiting with a standing elbow. Forte gets underneath an Etim
spinning kick and hits a takedown with 30 seconds left, but Etim is
right back up.

Round 2
Etim keeps Forte at bay with a jab in the opening moments of round
two, but soon the Brazilian is pushing Etim against the fence with
an underhook, trying to take out the Brit’s legs. Not much offense
to speak of as they grapple for position on the fence. Forte lands
a knee to the body as they exit the clinch and then stuns Etim with
punches. Forte keeps after Etim, who tilts to the ground after
another Forte combo connects. Forte follows him down and tries to
pound Etim out, but Etim regains enough of his senses to wrap him
up. Forte spends the rest of the round landing sporadic
ground-and-pound but hops into full mount with seconds left on the
clock and drops some heavy shots on Etim’s face.

Round 3
Forte puts Etim right back on the fence with an underhook, holding
the Englishman on the outside as both men look increasingly tired.
Forte hits a takedown and stands over Etim, dropping punches
through guard. Etim just tries to control the wrists and wrap up
from underneath. Despite this, Forte manages some ground-and-pound
through the waning moments of the round and finishes the fight on
top.

Round 1
Kevin Mulhall is the referee for this welterweight bout. Riddle
goes after a single-leg takedown and eats a knee from Mills as they
move toward the fence. Riddle lets go of the leg and tries to drag
Mills down with underhooks instead. He changes levels again,
switching to a double-leg, then a single again and finally spinning
Mills down with 3:30 left in the round. Mills posts and stands
quickly but Riddle puts him right back on the fence. Mills shoves
him off, comes forward and attacks Riddle with leg kicks. He socks
Riddle with a left before the American puts him on the fence again.
The struggle ends with another Riddle takedown, and he’s able to
keep Mills on the ground for the last half minute.

Round 2
Riddle goes for a single-leg and Mills tries to take his head off
with the other leg. They go to the floor, the kick having little
effect, and Riddle moves straight into north-south position. Riddle
is framing up a north-south choke at first but lets it go and sets
up in cross-side control, leaning from Mills’ left to right in the
center of the cage. Riddle works some knees to the body, gets
stuffed back to guard and then gets back to side control. Mills
regains half-guard with 90 seconds left in the round; Riddle uses
the opportunity to extract his ankle and take mount. Mills gives up
his back and Riddle quickly sinks in both hooks, then switches to a
body triangle. Mills puts his back on the canvas and Riddle
finishes the round in full mount, dropping short strikes on Mills’
face.

Round 3
Mills isn’t trying to give Riddle any chance for takedowns, coming
at the American with punches in the opening minute of the final
round. Riddle goes low for a takedown attempt on the fence but
Mills nearly hits a switch and Riddle is forced stand back up.
Mills widens his base as Riddle tries to finish a double-leg. They
come off the fence and Mills sprawls all the way out. Riddle keeps
after the takedown, though, and eventually puts Mills on his back,
away from the fence. With about a minute remaining, Mills sweeps on
top and stands over Riddle, who circles his legs and wastes a few
seconds, forcing a stand-up from ref Mulhall. Fittingly, Riddle
finishes the fight going for a takedown against the cage.

Round 1
Leon Roberts is the referee for this 205-pound bout. Te Huna gets
underhooks and puts Jimmo on the fence immediately. They clinch on
the fence without much happening until referee Roberts breaks them
up. Seconds later, Jimmo drops Te Huna with a head kick and chases
him to the ground, trying to smash the New Zealander out with heavy
punches. Te Huna is cut badly around his right eye but hangs in and
survives the onslaught to wrap up Jimmo in his guard. Te Huna
stands and drops back down, trying to snare Jimmo with a guillotine
that disappears as soon as they hit the ground again. Jimmo shucks
the legs and passes to side control, but Te Huna gets to his knees
and it’s north-south position with two minutes left in the round.
Te Huna opens up his guard and lands some hard elbows from his
back. He throws some punches and gets a warning from the ref to
mind the back of Jimmo’s head.

Round 2
Te Huna is looking for a takedown early in round two, but two
attempts to elevate and slam Jimmo do not work. Jimmo turns Te Huna
around, putting his back to the fence and working to trip his legs
out from underneath. Te Huna reverses again and this time he is
able to slam Jimmo to the ground, landing in side control on
Jimmo’s left side. Short, stapling elbows come from Te Huna on top,
turning into big, heavy elbows. Te Huna postures up and starts
smashing Jimmo with big elbows and hammerfists. Jimmo seems dazed
but he manages to keep Te Huna at bay for the last few seconds of
the frame, and we’re heading to round three.

Round 3
Jimmo clinches Te Huna on the fence to start the third, but Te Huna
breaks loose after a minute. Te Huna has Jimmo on his back foot,
and eventually closes in to put Jimmo on the fence. Te Huna hits a
takedown and works from half-guard, grinding on Jimmo with short
ground-and-pound. Jimmo is bloodied up and unable to get out from
underneath Te Huna as the final minute of the fight ticks away.
Jimmo tries to wrap up and then uses a butterfly guard to create
space, but it’s too late and Te Huna finishes the fight on top.
This fight is going to the scorecards for what could be an
interesting decision.

Round 1
Marc Goddard is the referee for this welterweight bout. They tie up
in the clinch for a moment and Nelson just misses with a knee.
Santiago walks him toward the fence and scores with a knee of his
own, backs out and takes a couple of slapping Nelson switch-kicks
to the body. Santiago misses with a high kick and they wrap up
momentarily. Nelson lands a hard kick to the body and gets inside
on a double-leg attempt, effortlessly plowing Santiago to the
ground. Santiago spends 30 seconds on his back before he can post
and stand. The pace slows in the latter half of the round, both men
hesitant to pull the trigger. Nelson manages some leg kicks but
can’t get Santiago down with a late takedown attempt.

Round 2
Nelson scores with a hard left hand early in the round and goes
after a slightly dazed Santiago, pressuring the Brazilian on the
fence. Nelson changes levels and puts Santiago on his back, trying
to extract his left leg and pass Santiago’s deep half-guard. Nelson
is getting some hard ground-and-pound going in the middle of the
round, popping Santiago with short elbows from on top. Santiago
kicks him off and tries to catch Nelson with an upkick, but Nelson
stays out of danger and comes back down with a strong left hand to
the jaw. Nelson steps into full mount with 40 seconds left.
Santiago covers up but Nelson manages to get through with some hard
elbows before the horn.

Round 3
Nelson is using kicks to keep a tentative Santiago at bay. The
Brazilian is half-flicking out punches, seemingly hesitant to
engage. He gets Nelson against the fence and lands a few knees, but
his follow-up consists of wild, winging punches. Now it’s Nelson
coming forward, slapping at Santiago’s lead leg with hard low
kicks. Santiago clubs Nelson with a right hand, but Nelson comes
right back and cracks Santiago with a pair of nasty uppercuts.
Nelson is racking up the punches and now traps Santiago against the
fence in the clinch, working knees to the body. Less than 90
seconds left now and Santiago is completely spent, stumbling on
rubbery legs when he tries to punch. Nelson gets in on a
double-leg, can’t bring Santiago down and they separate with 45
seconds remaining. More knees to the body by Nelson and he slugs
Santiago with a right hand. Santiago goes for broke at the end,
throwing bombs which Nelson dodges -- except for the final right
hand of the fight, which appears to daze the Icelander. However,
it’s probably too little, too late for Santiago.

Round 1
Leon Roberts is the referee for this light heavyweight bout. Manuwa
takes the outside, scooting Diabate toward the fence and landing a
couple leg kicks before hitting a takedown at the base of the
fence. Diabate tries to shrimp underneath with an underhook and
half-guard but Manuwa stays heavy on top. Diabate gets back to his
feet but he’s still pressed against the cage. Manuwa lets him go
and misses with a high kick, lands a straight right behind it.
Manuwa catches a knee from Diabate and shoves the Frenchman to the
ground, then allows him back up. More clinching on the fence allows
Manuwa to work some standing elbows. Diabate gets out with a knee
but Manuwa keeps after him, chasing him with straight punches and
trying more short elbows in the clinch. Diabate lands a knee in the
clinch as well but the trade-off is another Manuwa takedown before
the horn.

Between rounds, the cageside physician inspects Cyrille Diabate,
who sustained a leg injury during the first round. Diabate is not
cleared to continue and referee Leon Roberts calls the fight,
giving Jimi Manuwa the TKO win after one round.

Round 1
Kevin Mulhall is the referee for tonight’s featherweight co-main
event. Swanson opens up with leg kicks and gets Poirier stumbling
early. Now Swanson attacks the body with a kick and has a right
hand blocked up top. Poirier drives Swanson across the cage with a
single leg but Cub is able to stay vertical. Poirier throws a leg
kick outside and covers up as Swanson comes forward with a combo.
Poirier ducks a punch from Swanson and backs him off with a leg
kick, then push kick to the body. Swanson has a high kick blocked
and Poirier tries to capitalize with a takedown attempt, but again
Swanson is able to hop backward and use the fence to stay up. They
split and Swanson scores with a hard right hand to the body and a
big uppercut behind it. Swanson has a right high kick blocked but
Poirier trips him and it’s “The Diamond” who wins up on top in
Cub’s closed guard. Swanson uses a front headlock to get back to
his feet and finishes the round strong with another knee and pair
of punches.

Round 2
It’s Swanson on the offensive at the start of round two, backing
Poirier into the fence. Poirier tries to reverse the momentum with
punches and appears to tag Swanson, but Cub comes right back with a
leaping knee and a crisp left hook counter. Poirier wades through
Swanson’s wide punches to try a double-leg on the fence, but
Swanson widens his base and thwarts it. They come off the fence and
it’s Swanson with a nice right hand and a blocked high kick.
Poirier times a kick well and bowls Swanson down with a double-leg
in the middle of the cage. Swanson has an omoplata on Poirier’s
right arm and stands up to punch him while the arm is still
trapped. Poirier tries another double-leg on the cage and again
Swanson sprawls.

Round 3
Poirier backs Swanson up with big punches and goes low for a
takedown on the cage. Swanson denies it and shoves away Poirier,
who comes right back and dazes Swanson with a flurry of punches. A
big left hand catches Swanson just as he’s getting off the fence.
Poirier times a low kick and lands a left hook. A jab backs Swanson
off; he comes back and puts Poirier down with a takedown away from
the fence. Poirier goes to his knees to try and stand but Swanson
is quick to spin around and sink one hook in. Two minutes left in
the fight and Swanson has both hooks in now as Poirier stands to
try and escape out the back door. Swanson is riding high but he
rolls into full mount as he slips off Poirier’s back. Swanson mugs
for the crowd, lets Poirier back up and throws him right back down.
Swanson is on Poirier’s back, going for an armbar. He loses the arm
and Poirier stands, diving at Swanson with one last punch before
the horn.

Round 1
Referee Marc Goddard is in charge of tonight’s main event. Barao
wraps up McDonald and brings him to the ground inside the first
minute, and the challenger quickly closes guard. McDonald is doing
well to control Barao’s wrists, and he kicks the Brazilian off to
escape to his feet. Barao comes forward swinging and gets sniped by
a counter right from McDonald. A few seconds later, it’s Barao
landing a nice counter left hand. McDonald denies a shot from the
interim champ and stays standing. A short left hand from McDonald
stuns Barao, and the challenger keeps the punches coming, right
hands in close quarters that have Barao dazed. Barao holds on and
clinches McDonald on the fence. Barao hits another takedown before
the horn but again gets wrapped up by McDonald and can’t do much
with top position.

Round 2
Slow start to the second frame as the bantamweights circle the
cage, clashing heads as they come in to exchange. McDonald sneaks a
right hook around the corner and sprawls on a Barao single-leg
attempt. McDonald tries to punch and gets taken down with Barao’s
second effort, but immediately pops back up. McDonald throws a
right hand and catches a finger in his right eye from Barao’s
counter left. The challenger recovers quickly and the bantamweights
clip one another with punches, sending Barao stumbling backward.
Barao lands a hard leg kick and just grazes McDonald’s face with a
front kick. McDonald comes right back, sparking Barao with a
counter right on an outside leg kick. Barao finishes the round
missing a flashy spinning kick.

Round 3
Barao is pressuring McDonald to start the second round, getting
inside behind a combination and locking up McDonald on the cage. He
drags the youngster to the floor and tries to step into full mount,
but McDonald muscles his way out by throwing Barao over the top.
Barao is starting to string together combinations, moving forward
to throw and then getting out of the way of McDonald’s counters.
McDonald is pulling up just short as he throws his two-piece
combinations and circles the perimeter. A spinning kick from Barao
snaps back McDonald’s head, and Barao counters with a left hand
when McDonald comes back to throw a wide right.

Round 4
Barao clips McDonald with an off-balance left hook, but McDonald is
able to turn away a takedown attempt from the interim champ. Front
kicks from Barao are keeping the taller man at bay, then Barao
blitzes in behind a leaping knee to throw hands in the pocket.
McDonald is bleeding from his nose now as another Barao spinning
kick touches his face. Barao comes up short on a cross but ducks
the counter from McDonald and drags his challenger to the floor
with underhooks. Barao goes to secure his back but instead wraps up
McDonald’s head and right arm for a choke attempt as McDonald tries
to put his back on the ground. McDonald gives the thumbs-up as
Barao peels off to the side and squeezes to finish. The choke gets
deeper, though, and McDonald is finally forced to tap out. Renan
Barao retains his UFC interim bantamweight title at 3:57 of round
four.